At this beautiful moment, let’s focus our hearts on Allah, who has smoothly poured his loves all the time. We hope that we can improve the level of our faiths in order to get closer and closer to God. Who becomes closer to Allah, Allah will provide him successful life, both in this world and in the hereafter. Also, Allah will send him numerous blessings and mercies in various ways.

Dear brothers fillah,

Many people believe that life is very short. It is really hard to find a person with the age more than a hundred now. It means that we will enjoy our life in this nice world no more than a century, or perhaps only 60 or 70 years. However, if we pass away, we will continue our life in another life. We also have to take responsibility for each activity during our life in this world. Thus, preparing the life after life is absolutely needed. Who knows that Allah will stop our life, our breath today or tomorrow?

Some people may be very productive in using their age but some others may not. The latter group is just enjoying the life as it is, without any efforts to make it better. So, it is important to remember the prophet’s saying: خير الناس من طال عمره وحسن عمله

The best people are those who have the longer ages with the better deeds.

This hadits shows us that we have to be productive with a lot of advantageous activities. The productive people see the time as a tool for establishing the promising future. Conversely, the non-productive people assume that the time is unlimited so they just go around and around the world. When Allah takes out the provided time, everything is over. No one can help each other except their own storage of good deeds. Rasulullah has reminded us that if the dead comes, everything is cut off, unless three points, the first is the flowing donations, the second is the beneficial knowledge, and the third is the prayer from the good children.

Then, How to make our life more productive and more meaningful? The alternative answer is to intensify our ages by extensifying our deeds. It means that we use every second of our life by doing a lot of beneficial activities, not only for the sake of our own interest but also for the sake of other people’s interest. It is really in line with our prophet’s saying that the best people are the most beneficial people for others. To manage our life, what are the programs, then?

Dear beloved brothers,

There are at least three activities proposed here:

Firstly, amar ma’ruf and nahi munkar, it means that we always suggest people as well as ourselves to do the righteous deeds, and we prevent the wrong deeds. We may start from ourselves, from the small things, and from now. Although, we confess that it is not as easy as the statement. We have to strive to face the challenges and the handicaps that may occur in our struggle. We have to maintain our spirit to reach the goal. Intention or niat is really needed here. We have to propose Allah’s helps in our steps.

Secondly, spiritualization of our activities. We may include the religious spirits in our work as well as in our study. We have to keep our motivation when we are at our workplaces. We have to work hard, and go hand in hand with other partners to create the valuable achievements. We have to consider our friends as motivators and partners, not as rivals or enemies. Furthermore, it is much better if we do not always think about the profits. We may give the spiritual angle in our work since we believe that Allah will give the big rewards for the people who always strive for the goodness.

As students, we have to maintain our inner spirits, that we stay here for developing our skills, enhancing our knowledge, and finally we will give the benefits for our surroundings. People who are studying is on Allah’s way. Allah promises the heaven for them who can manage their life equally, between the worldly and the hereafter needs, between the physical and the spiritual aspects, and between the inner and outer necessities.

Dear brothers fillah,

Thirdly, when we count our wealth, we should believe that it is only deposits of Allah. We have to distribute our wealth, such as for alms payment and waqf. Honestly speaking, nowadays, many people live poorly in our country. It still comprises more than 35%. If we have the sense of philanthropy, it is a must for us to take a small part of our possessions for increasing their prosperity. We cannot expect too much from the government since Islam actually has promising tools for social welfare. Allah has motivated us, that he will return our wealth up to 700 (seven hundred) times as mentioned in the qur’an, sura al-Baqarah, verse 261.

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This verse illustrates thatthe people who give their wealth for Allah, are like a three with seven branches and each branch has a hundred seeds. So the total is 700 (seven hundred) seeds. So, the re is no hesitation, if we give our money, it does not reduce our wealth, but it will grow our properties.

By solving the social problems with our own power, Insya Allah, we will live peacefully in this beloved country. Finally, we beg Allah’s blessings and mercies for our lives.